Filling-finger.



"UNITED 'STATES ,Parana ormoni.

WILLIAM EDWARD-LYFORD, OF THOMPSONVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE HARTFORD CARPET CORPORATION, OF THOMPSONVILLE, CON- NECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

FILLING-FINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented March 19,1907.

To LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EDWARD LY- FORD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Thompsonville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Filling-Finger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to yarn-printing machines for producing printed warps, such as are used by car et manufacturers in making tapestry and ot er carpets, rugs, and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved filling-nger for guiding the yarn onto the printing-drum, and arranged to smooth the yarn on the drum, thereby insuring a proper uniform application of the color onto the yarn during the subsequent usual process of printing.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

The practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying' drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the improvement, the bearing being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 4 is a front end view of the same.

The peripheral surface of the printingdrum A is covered by the usual blanket B, on which are laid the yarns C by the filling-fingers D, havingshanks D mounted to slide in suitable bearings E,held on the traverserail F, mounted on the frame G of the yarnprinting machine, which rail is reciprocated longitudinally of the drum by the usual reciprocating mechanism I.

Each filling-linger D is provided with a yarn-guide D2, having an eye D3 for the passage ofthe yarn C, and adjacent to this yarnguide D2 is a presser-foot D4 for engaging and pressing a plurality of the convolutions of the yarn already laid in position on the blanket B. The presser-foot D4 is preferably provided with a flat face of sufficient length.

to engage a plurality of convolutions ofthe yarn at a time, and the said 'face-forms with the yarn-guide D2 a shoulder D5, resting against the outermost side of the last laid convolution of the yarn to press this convolution against the preceding one.

By the arrangement described the delivery end of the eye D3 of the yarn-guide D2 projects somewhat beyond the flat face of the presser-foot D4, and hence the eye D3 delivers the yarn C as close to the face of the -blanket B as possible, while at the same time the flat face of the presser-foot D4 presses against the outer surfaces of a number of the convolutions of the yarn held in position on the blanket B.

A spring H, coiled on the shank D, rests with one end on the bearing E and presses with its other end against the presser-foot D4 to hold the latter in firm contact with the convolutions of the yarn held in place on the blanket B.

Thus by the arrangement described the yarn C is properly fed onto the blanket B of the printing-drum A, and the convolutions or layers o'l the yarn are pressed close together and smoothed down to form a fine even surface for the printing-roller to properly apply the color in the subsequent operation of printing the yarn in the usual manner.

Il aving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A filling-finger for yarn-printing machines, provid ed with a yarn-guide, and having a portion for engagement with the yarn already laid on the printing-drum and a portion for engaging the last convolution to press the same sidewise against the preceding one.

2. A lling-inger for yarn-printing machines, having a yarn-guide and a presserfoot, arranged one adjacent to the other and forming a shoulder between them.

3. A filling-finger for yarn-printing machines, having a yarn-guide, and a presserfoot integral with the yarn-guide and having a iiat surface for engagement with the yarn already laid on the printing-drum.

4. A yarn-printing machine provided with a printing-drum, a rail, and spring-pressed .TOO

fingers each having a shank niounted to slide on the said rail, a yarn-guide, and a presserfoot, the latter having a flat face for engageinent With the yarn already laid on the printing-drum.

5. A yarn-printing niaehine provided With a printing-drum, a rail, and spring-pressed fingers eac-h having` a shank mounted to slide on the said rail, a yarn-guide, and a presser- 'Foot, the latter having a flat face for engageinent with the yarn alreadyT laid on the printing-drum, the said yarn-guide and presserfoot forming a shoulder between thein.

6. A illing-inger forA yarn-printing inachines, rovided With a yarn-guide, and a presser-"ooi", having a portion for engaging the last eonvolution to press lthe saine side- Wise against the preceding one.

7. A `Yarn-printing niaohine provided wil l1 a presser-foot having a v[lat lace and a shoulder, the said ilat face engaging a pluralitv o'l` eonvolutions of the `varn alreadjvv in position on the printing-drum, and the said shoulder engaging the last convolution to press the saine sidewise against the preceding one.

In testimony whereof l have signed my naine to this speeilieation in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

VILLIAM EDVARD LYFO'HD.

litnesses ROBERT A. MITCHELL, J. K. BIssLAND. 

